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FlashCompiled from Times staff and wire reports © St. Petersburg Times, published October 11, 2000 Guavaween scares up big actsIn recent years, Guavaween's musical lineup has been less than spectacular. But this year's annual street party in Ybor City, scheduled for Oct. 28, will feature national acts, such as Destiny's Child, popular on the MTV rotation. Last month, the R&B girl group with the current hit Jumpin' Jumpin' opened for Christina Aguilera at the Ice Palace. Also on the ticket: alternative metal group Godsmack, named after a song by Alice in Chains, Fuel, a rock group with the recent compact disc Something Like Human, and Foghat, the '70s boogie-blues band known for their cover of Willie Dixon's blues standard I Just Want To Make Love To You. Latin sensations Barrio Boyzz also will perform. Guavaween 2000 starts at 4 p.m. Admission is $10. The satirical costume parade, the Mama Guava Stumble, starts at 6:30 p.m. Daytime activities for the kids also are planned from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The cost is $2. For more information call (813) 248-0721 or check on the Web at http://www.cc-events.org. "Dr. Laura" apologizing for remarks on gaysDr. Laura Schlessinger, the conservative radio and TV talk show host who has provoked the ire of gay groups for calling homosexuality deviant and derivative of "biological error," will issue a public apology today to those she might have offended. In a letter that was to run on the back cover of today's Variety, the Hollywood trade paper, Schlessinger said, "In talking about gays and lesbians, some of my words were poorly chosen. I deeply regret the hurt this situation has caused the gay and lesbian community." Schlessinger, an Orthodox Jew, said in the letter that she was seeking forgiveness in keeping with the tradition of Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, which was observed Monday. The apology comes at a specifically trying time for Schlessinger, when the appeasement of gay groups could do her some good. Under heavy pressure from protesters, dozens of advertisers have suspended their support of her radio and television programs. Lennon remembered on his 60th birthdayAbout 200 people gathered around John Lennon's star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame to honor the slain Beatle on what would have been his 60th birthday. The group, which included people of all ages, joined in singing Happy Birthday twice for Lennon and his son Sean, whose 25th birthday was also Monday. The group also sang several of Lennon's songs, including Imagine and Give Peace a Chance. The peace group Alliance For Survival has sponsored the event for 20 years. The organization gathers twice a year to commemorate the birth and death of Lennon, who was shot to death outside his New York City home on Dec. 8, Cowboy singer gets a new liverChris LeDoux, a former rodeo cowboy who has sold more than 5-million albums, is recovering after receiving a liver transplant. The 51-year-old country singer was diagnosed with a disease that blocks the bile ducts and leads to cirrhosis. He remained hospitalized Monday night at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. LeDoux is known for songs celebrating rodeos and the cowboy life and has been cited as an influence by country music star Garth Brooks. He had been placed on the organ transplant waiting list two months ago. He had the transplant Saturday. Doctors said many patients with LeDoux's illness, primary sclerosing cholangitis, survive only about two years without a transplant. The cause of the disease is not known.
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